Jake M Martin

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🧵1/9 There are 35,000+ fish species, but we have formal social-behaviour classifications for a tiny fraction. Most knowledge lives in the experience of researchers, fishers, divers, aquarists, naturalists, and Indigenous communities, but almost none of it is centralised. So we built ShoalBase.org.

Uncovering the role of chemical pollutants in shaping biological invasions | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Ecosystems around the globe are under unprecedented pressure from human activities. Chemical pollution and biological invasions are two leading drivers of environmental change, each of which causes substantial harm to wildlife and the ecosystems they ...

How can pollutants affect the success of non-native species? Isaac Ligocki & colleagues find the potential influence of chemical pollution on invasion success remains largely unexplored and recommend its inclusion in conservation and restoration
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Thinking about all of my US colleagues today that work for USGS, USFWS, US Parks Service, NOAA and the EPA. From front line environmental practitioners to scientists and policy makers, these folks ensure that waters are swimmable, fish are edible, that natural areas are accessible, etc, etc, etc.

From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. However, in ecology and evolution, we still do not know how widespread data- and ...

Our latest #SORTEE-led paper is out now in #ProcB!

We reviewed data/code-sharing policy clarity, strictness & timing across 275 EcoEvo journals

We also worked with #ProcB & #EcologyLetters to assess initial compliance with sharing mandates. Huge team effort! 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Excited to share our new paper led by Jake Martin (@jake-m-martin.bsky.social) out in ES&T Letters! We show that behavioral ecotox studies often test pharmaceuticals at concentrations much higher than those found in nature!

Paper: tinyurl.com/lab-to-field
Data/code: osf.io/h6cde/

Enhanced conspicuousness of prey in warmer water mitigates the constraint of turbidity for predators Abstract. Changes in environmental conditions impact predator-prey interactions by altering behaviour through sensory and non-sensory (e.g. metabolic or co

✨Out Now✨ The outcome of my 1st ever #guppy experiment (from 2021!) w @ccioannou.bsky.social & @jtroscianko.bsky.social

We asked: How detectable are guppies to visual predators under different env. conditions?👇
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...

#ISBE #fish #behaviour @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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Opportunities — ASAB

🚨JOB alert🚨 Full-time Managing Editor role for @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Applicants must have animal #behaviour background; previous editorial experience would be ideal.
Apply by 31st July 2025.
#publishing #editor #job

More details: www.asab.org/opportunities

PLEASE share widely.

I forgot to take the most important person! Congratulations
@melogc.bsky.social

You can read the thesis here!
doi.org/10.26180/273...

Congratulations, Dr Melo, on behalf of me and the rest of the supervisory team, @bbmwong.bsky.social and @mattdhall.bsky.social, for this outstanding achievement and the exciting career ahead. Couldn’t be prouder! 👏🎉 (4/5)

Worryingly, some changes lingered months after exposure ceased, indicating “legacy” impacts on reproduction and sexual selection. Her work adds to growing evidence that pharmaceuticals threaten wildlife even at very low doses. 🌍💊 (3/5)

Gabriela exposed guppy populations to realistic fluoxetine concentrations for up to five years to test long-term effects. She uncovered shifts in male colouration, courtship, sperm traits, and female mate choice. 🐟✨ (2/5)

Thrilled to announce that the brilliant Dr Gabriela Melo has officially graduated with her PhD! 🎓 Her thesis shows how the antidepressant fluoxetine can disrupt sexual selection in fish—even at the trace levels found in rivers. (1/5)

Wild to see our new pharmaceutical pollution and salmon migration paper in @science.org covered on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social!

Starts at 2:45 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm4u...

Read the paper 👉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

@jack-brand.bsky.social

Atlantic salmon smolts like these seem to destress when they’re on benzos—and that’s probably not good for them. Nicolás via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA

Benzodiazepines can help us feel like the world is a little less scary. Seems like they do the same for salmon—which probably isn't good for the fish. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Over the moon to finally share our new study in @science.org led by the amazing @jack-brand.bsky.social!

Pharmaceutical pollution at environmentally realistic levels alters behaviour and migration in Atlantic salmon, directly affecting survival

👉 science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Evidence of the impacts of pharmaceuticals on aquatic animal behaviour (EIPAAB): a systematic map and open access database - Environmental Evidence Background Over the last decade, pharmaceutical pollution in aquatic ecosystems has emerged as a pressing environmental issue. Recent years have also seen a surge in scientific interest in the use of ...

Excited to share our latest publication: 'Evidence of the impacts of pharmaceuticals on aquatic animal behaviour (EIPAAB): a systematic map and open access database'. 🐟💊

This database consolidates 48 years of research, highlighting the effects of pharmaceutical pollutants on aquatic life.

Glass jar of white and blue pills, with pills some spilled out onto a white surface. The Collaboration of Environmental Evidence logo is shown in the upper right corner, while in the foreground at the bottom of the image are the words "New systematic map” and the title of the paper "Evidence of the impacts of pharmaceuticals on aquatic animal behaviour (EIPAAB): a systematic map and open access database” Photo by Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash

Just published! Check out Martin et al’s new #SystematicMap and open access database on the impacts of pharmaceuticals on aquatic animal behaviour.

Read it here: environmentalevidencejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....